ICT TECHNICAL SUPPORT PROJECT IN TANZANIA INFORMATION PROCESSING ASSOCIATION OF TAMPERE REGION (PITKY), INSTITUTION OF ENGINEERS TANZANIA (IET), UNIVERSITY.

ICT TECHNICAL SUPPORT PROJECT IN TANZANIAINFORMATION PROCESSING ASSOCIATION OF TAMPERE REGION (PITKY), INSTITUTION OF ENGINEERS TANZANIA (IET), UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM (UDSM) AND TAMK UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES

PROJECT PROPOSAL SUMMARY

Kristina Nokso-Koivisto

PITKY

Jukka Siltanen

TAMK University of Applied Sciences

16.7.2008

ICT Support Project summary

Initiative Ongoing UDSM and IET Projects needing ICT

Support

Main Targets Help UDSM and IET to reach their strategic

objectives Speed up and complete UDSM and IET ongoing

and starting projects with ICT support of Finnish volunteering ICT specialists

ICT Capacity building Stimulate local ICT business

ICT Support Project backgound

UDSM strategic objectives Increase Access to University Education Improve Secondary Education in rural areas Investments in ICT Infrastructure

IET mission Promotion of engineering excellence in Tanzania

Mobile software development initiative Software Incubator plans Previous co-opeartion between UDSM – PITKY

- IET

ICT Support Project summary

Implementation model Working mode is mutually participatory ICT Technical Support Project is divided to five

projects each supporting a respective UDSM/IET project

UDSM and IET Projects are managed by UDSM/IET Project Managers with support from a dedicated Finnish Project Manager and Finnish volunteering ICT specialists

Support Project reports to UDSM and IET Project Coordination Committees and to PITKY CEO and COO

ICT Support Project summary

Implementation resources ICT Support Project Resource pool is

recruited and it includes volunteering members of Information Processing Association of Tampere

Region, PITKY, Information Processing Association of Helsinki

Region, HETKY, TAMK University of Applied Sciences.

ICT Support Project direct beneficiaries Supported UDSM Projects

ICT Mediated Distant Learning projects eLearning System for Rural Secondary Schools Mobile Software Development Software Incubator

UDSM staff and students New eLearning, technical and business skills

IET Engineers (including UDSM staff and students) Web development and project management skills

Support projects

1. Support eLearning System for Rural Secondary Schools -project

2. Support ICT Mediated Distant Learning and Teacher Training -projects

3. Support Mobile Software Development -project

4. Support Software Incubator -project5. Support IET Projects –project Web Development skills Project Management Skills Communication & Learning Portal for Engineers

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ICT Support Project timeline

Start2009 2010 2011

End2012

Spring Fall Spring Fall Spring Fall

16

1eLearn

2ICT m.

3mobile

4incub.

5iet/web

1 short term specialist TZ -> FIN

1 short term specialist TZ -> FIN

2 long term specialists TZ -> FIN

3 short term specialists TZ -> FIN

(own funding)

1 long term specialist TZ -> FIN

1 short term specialists TZ -> FIN

1 long term specialist FIN -> TZ

1 long term specialist TZ -> FIN

1 medium term specialists FIN -> TZ

1 short term specialists TZ -> FIN

Main Project Manager (10 days) FIN -> TZ Main Project Manager (10 days) FIN -> TZ Main Project Manager (10 days) FIN -> TZ

1 long term specialist FIN -> TZ

1 medium term specialist FIN -> TZ

1 long term specialist FIN -> TZ

1 long term specialist FIN -> TZ

3 short term specialists FIN -> TZ 3 short term specialists FIN -> TZ 3 short term specialists FIN -> TZ

2 medium term specialists FIN -> TZ

1 long term specialist TZ -> FIN

1 short term specialists TZ -> FIN

1 medium term specialist FIN -> TZ

1 long term specialist FIN -> TZ

1 medium term specialist FIN -> TZ

1 medium term specialist FIN -> TZ 1 long term specialist FIN -> TZ

1 medium term specialist FIN -> TZ

1 medium term specialist FIN -> TZ

1 short term specialists TZ -> FIN

1 long term specialist TZ -> FIN

Short term = 2 weeksMedium term = 1 monthLong term = 5 months